GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

 

 

SESSION LAW 1999-170

HOUSE BILL 820

 

 

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT STATE EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES MAY SHARE LEAVE VOLUNTARILY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 2 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 126-8.3.  Voluntary shared leave.

The State Personnel Commission, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any  employee at a State agency to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a State agency or public school. For the purposes of this section, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild.  The term includes the step, half, and in-law relationships."

Section 2.  Article 2 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-12.2.  Voluntary shared leave.

The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Personnel Commission, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any employee at a public school to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a public school or State agency.  For the purposes of this section, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild.  The term includes the step, half, and in-law relationships."

Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1999.

 

 

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

s/   James B. Black

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

 

 

Approved 1:10 p.m. this 9th day of June, 1999